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Jo Malone :: Perfume Houses

Jo Malone's parents had a skincare business, and she started out as a facialist in the early 1980s. Early on, she would present her clients with a bottle of her homemade nutmeg & ginger bath oil. Her customers loved the scent, one thing led to another, and in 1994, she opened her first boutique in London. The company now sells skincare, bath & body products, and home fragrance in addition to the personal fragrance line.

The Jo Malone brand was acquired by Estee Lauder in 1999, but Malone stayed on as Creative Director. In 2006, she announced that she would be leaving to pursue other goals.

Fragrance combining

The Jo Malone brand was an early adherent of the idea of layering fragrances, in other words, wearing more than one scent at a time to create a new combination. There are numerous suggestions on the Jo Malone website for combinations that go well together.